A Walkthrough for the Swift VS Code Extension

Hi all,

In order to improve the user experience for new Swift extension users, I am planning on extending @plemarquand's work on adding a walkthrough for the extension. The goal is to have several steps containing GIFs and quick instructions to help users locate where all the features are located in VS Code for the extension. We've added several new features to the extension recently, such as the Project Panel and DocC previews that even existing users may not know about. As well, some of the steps contain guidance on how to contribute issues and fixes to the extension and Swift in general.

The patch to add the walkthrough is available on GitHub for comments: Walkthrough by rbenegal · Pull Request #1709 · swiftlang/vscode-swift · GitHub

It currently looks like this, but will be refined/updated with some changes in future patches:

Walkthrough

I would love to get some feedback from the community on any suggestions, such as features you'd like to see. Please let me know. Thank you!

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